[The following information applies to the questions displayed below.) Westerville Company reported the following results from last year's operation Sales Variable expenses Contribution margin Fixed expenses Net operating income Average operating assets At the beginning of this year, the company has a $137.500 investment oppor $ 1,200,000 420,000 780,000 600,000 $ 180,000 $ 600,000
[The following information applies to the questions displayed below.) Westerville Company reported the following results from last year's operation Sales Variable expenses Contribution margin Fixed expenses Net operating income Average operating assets At the beginning of this year, the company has a $137.500 investment oppor $ 1,200,000 420,000 780,000 600,000 $ 180,000 $ 600,000
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Westerville Company reported the following results from last year's operations:
Sales
Variable expenses
Contribution margin
Fixed expenses
Net operating income
Average operating assets
$ 1,200,000
420,000
780,000
600,000
$ 180,000
$ 600,000
At the beginning of this year, the company has a $137.500 Investment opportunity with the following cost and revenue
characteristics:
Sales
Contribution margin ratio
Fixed expenses
$ 220,000
60 % of sales
$ 99,000
The company's minimum required rate of return is 20%.
9. If the company pursues the investment opportunity and otherwise performs the same as last year, what ROI will it earn this year?
Note: Round your percentage answer to 1 decimal place (i.e., 0.1234 should be considered as 12.3%)](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F88ff2807-2383-4ee9-96e3-1feea775fb35%2F7d720ad7-4c0c-4689-8798-f1230cb90128%2F54w2pvg_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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19 of 15
1:09:55
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ht
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[The following information applies to the questions displayed below.)
Westerville Company reported the following results from last year's operations:
Sales
Variable expenses
Contribution margin
Fixed expenses
Net operating income
Average operating assets
$ 1,200,000
420,000
780,000
600,000
$ 180,000
$ 600,000
At the beginning of this year, the company has a $137.500 Investment opportunity with the following cost and revenue
characteristics:
Sales
Contribution margin ratio
Fixed expenses
$ 220,000
60 % of sales
$ 99,000
The company's minimum required rate of return is 20%.
9. If the company pursues the investment opportunity and otherwise performs the same as last year, what ROI will it earn this year?
Note: Round your percentage answer to 1 decimal place (i.e., 0.1234 should be considered as 12.3%)
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